US trainer shot in Yemen, army advances on militants

Unidentified assailants shot and seriously wounded a US military instructor in Yemen on Sunday, while the army closed in on a town controlled by al Qaeda-linked fighters in heavy fighting that killed at least 27 people, local officials said.

Four Americans – who were in the impoverished Arab state training its coastguard – were in the car that was attacked, a Yemeni coastguard officer said. (Reuters)